antipathy

antipathy (between A and B)|antipathy (to/toward(s) somebody/something)(formal)a strong feeling of dislikesynonymhostilitypersonal/mutual antipathya growing antipathy towards the ideaHis professional judgement was coloured by his personal antipathies.Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘opposition of feeling, nature, or disposition’): from Frenchantipathie, or via Latin from Greekantipatheia, from antipathēs

‘opposed in feeling’

, from anti

‘against’

+ pathos

‘feeling’

.Extra examplesHis antipathy towards/​toward swimming dates back to childhood.I feel a profound antipathy to using any weapon.There was a lot of antipathy between the two doctors.They have a mutual antipathy to each other.a natural antipathy for people in authorityhis antipathy for his bossGrowing antipathy to the government has led to a low voter turnout in local elections.